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Psalm 22

The Message Bible MSG

1 God, God . . . my God! Why did you dump me miles from nowhere?

2 Doubled up with pain, I call to God all the day long. No answer. Nothing. I keep at it all night, tossing and turning.

3 And you! Are you indifferent, above it all, leaning back on the cushions of Israel's praise?

4 We know you were there for our parents:

5 they cried for your help and you gave it; they trusted and lived a good life.

6 And here I am, a nothing - an earthworm, something to step on, to squash.

7 Everyone pokes fun at me; they make faces at me, they shake their heads:

8 "Let's see how God handles this one; since God likes him so much, let him help him!"

9 And to think you were midwife at my birth, setting me at my mother's breasts!

10 When I left the womb you cradled me; since the moment of birth you've been my God.

11 Then you moved far away and trouble moved in next-door. I need a neighbor.

12 Herds of bulls come at me, the raging bulls stampede,

13 Horns lowered, nostrils flaring, like a herd of buffalo on the move.

14 I'm a bucket kicked over and spilled, every joint in my body has been pulled apart. My heart is a blob of melted wax in my gut.

15 I'm dry as a bone, my tongue black and swollen. They have laid me out for burial in the dirt.

16 Now packs of wild dogs come at me; thugs gang up on me. They pin me down hand and foot,

17 and lock me in a cage - a bag Of bones in a cage, stared at by every passerby.

18 They take my wallet and the shirt off my back, and then throw dice for my clothes.

19 You, God - don't put off my rescue! Hurry and help me!

20 Don't let them cut my throat; don't let those mongrels devour me.

21 If you don't show up soon, I'm done for - gored by the bulls, meat for the lions.

22 Here's the story I'll tell my friends when they come to worship, and punctuate it with Hallelujahs:

23 Shout Hallelujah, you God-worshipers; give glory, you sons of Jacob; adore him, you daughters of Israel.

24 He has never let you down, never looked the other way when you were being kicked around. He has never wandered off to do his own thing; he has been right there, listening.

25 Here in this great gathering for worship I have discovered this praise-life. And I'll do what I promised right here in front of the God-worshipers.

26 Down-and-outers sit at God's table and eat their fill. Everyone on the hunt for God is here, praising him. "Live it up, from head to toe. Don't ever quit!"

27 From the four corners of the earth people are coming to their senses, are running back to God. Long-lost families are falling on their faces before him.

28 God has taken charge; from now on he has the last word.

29 All the power-mongers are before him - worshiping! All the poor and powerless, too - worshiping! Along with those who never got it together - worshiping!

30 Our children and their children will get in on this As the word is passed along from parent to child.

31 Babies not yet conceived will hear the good news - that God does what he says.

Young's Literal Translation YLT

1 To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' -- A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?

2 My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.

3 And Thou [art] holy, Sitting -- the Praise of Israel.

4 In Thee did our fathers trust -- they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them.

5 Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed.

6 And I [am] a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people.

7 All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip -- shake the head,

8 `Roll unto Jehovah, He doth deliver him, He doth deliver him, for he delighted in him.'

9 For thou [art] He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother.

10 On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou [art] my God.

11 Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.

12 Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me,

13 They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.

14 As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.

15 Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.

16 And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

17 I count all my bones -- they look expectingly, They look upon me,

18 They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall.

19 And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste.

20 Deliver from the sword my soul, From the paw of a dog mine only one.

21 Save me from the mouth of a lion: -- And -- from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!

22 I declare Thy name to my brethren, In the midst of the assembly I praise Thee.

23 Ye who fear Jehovah, praise ye Him, All the seed of Jacob, honour ye Him, And be afraid of Him, all ye seed of Israel.

24 For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.

25 Of Thee my praise [is] in the great assembly. My vows I complete before His fearers.

26 The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever.

27 Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations,

28 For to Jehovah [is] the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations.

29 And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he [who] hath not revived his soul.

30 A seed doth serve Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation.

31 They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!